A company currently produces three products from a joint process. The joint process has total costs of $288,000 per month. All three products, A, B and C, are immediately saleable as they come out of the joint process. Alternatively, any of the products could continue on with additional processing and be sold as a more complete product. The following information is available:

Product	Units	Immediate Sales Price	Later Sales Price	Unit Cost of Further Processing
A	46,000	$ 7	$ 11	$ 6.00
B	92,000	8	12	3.00
C	138,000	10	16	7.00

Required:

a-1. Should Product A be sold immediately or sold after processing further?

a-2. How much will the decision affect profit?

b-1. Should Product B be sold immediately or sold after processing further?

b-2. How much will the decision affect profit?

c-1. Should Product C be sold immediately or sold after processing further?

c-2. How much will the decision affect profit?